Weekend Reading

Estimating Lifetime Value: by Jeremy Liew. “You actually see a full customer lifetime, which can help in accelerating decisions about marketing and customer acquisition.”

How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton Christensen. “On the last day of class, I ask my students to turn those theoretical lenses on themselves, to find cogent answers to three questions: First, how can I be sure that I’ll be happy in my career? Second, how can I be sure that my relationships with my spouse and my family become an enduring source of happiness? Third, how can I be sure I’ll stay out of jail?”

New Cities for Old: by R Jagannathan in DNA. “Creating new cities is easier than renewing existing ones for commonsense reasons. One, its costlier to construct infrastructure in overpopulated areas. Two, it will also take longer.”

India’s Gandhi God-Kings: by Sadanand Dhume in The Wall Street Journal. “Opaque family rule is no way to run a political party, let alone a major economy and aspiring great power.”